abnegate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
She denied herself wine and spirits
Types & categories
- curb hypernym
Related & opposite
- self-abnegation derivation
- denier derivation
- refuse verb group
Sense 2 verb
surrender (power or a position)
The King abnegated his power to the ministers
Types & categories
- surrender hypernym
Related & opposite
- abnegator derivation
Sense 3 verb
deny or renounce
They abnegated their gods
Types & categories
- deny hypernym
Related & opposite
- abnegation derivation
- abnegator derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | self-abnegation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | denier |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | refuse |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | curb |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | abnegator |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | surrender |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abnegation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abnegator |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | deny |